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Reselling VoIP
October 3, 2007
Calling all consultants, VARs, systems integrators and other resellers… Be on the look out for information on how you can make money selling IP communications. Specifically hosted communications. Now that I have got you looking, please indulge me as I give s shameless plug to a web seminar sponsored by Speakeasy, Polycom and TMCnet.
Here are some of the details. As always the webinar will be archived for future viewing if you miss it live. The best part of being live of course is the ability to interact and ask questions from the moderator and webinar participants. You can register here.
Date: October 10, 2007
Time: 11:00am PT
2:00pm ET
Session Description:
Increasingly, small businesses are demanding the savings and productivity advantages of replacing traditional phone systems with Voice over IP. Gartner predicts the Hosted VoIP market will jump from 300,000 lines in 2005 to more than 6 million in 2009. This is a tremendous opportunity for knowledgeable, prepared IT professionals.
Join this webinar for a lively and informative discussion of the future of Voice services and how selling VoIP can increase your bottom-line. The discussion will also include why Hosted VoIP is uniquely suited to small businesses and the importance of selecting the right partner and controlling the customer experience.
Who should attend?
- Independent IT Consultants
- IT Service Company Executives
- Regional and National VARs and Systems Integrators
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Unified Communications Gaining Momentum
October 3, 2007
In less than two weeks the communications market will be bolstered by the announcement of Microsoft officially entering the unified communications space in a major way. As a show of their support for the market, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates will be speaking about the opportunity to a live audience.To get an idea of what Microsoft will be rolling out be sure to read my recent article on the company.
The significance of this news cannot be underestimated as Bill Gates is not used by the company to push technologies which are not core to Microsoft’s strategy. If you need proof that Microsoft is serious about unified communications, imagine at a time when Microsoft is rolling out new music players and some of the most popular video games in the world, Bill Gates is taking time to talk unified communications instead of video games or music players.
I would imagine if there is nothing to slow the momentum down, 2008 will certainly be the year of unified communications. This will hopefully be good for the entire communications industry and give more choice for corporate customers.
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Google Adds Security
October 3, 2007
The day’s news has been pretty steady and one of the most interesting bits coming across my screen is certainly Google’s decision to add security from Postini into their Google Apps Premier service. This is a great idea as Google has gotten into some trouble lately because their applications have some security flaws due to problems such as captured cookies and others.Every vendor has to deal with security issues and the best way to handle such problems is to take them head on and add security. This is a positive move for Google.
Disclosue: The author is a shareholder in Google but thinks Google apps have a long way to go before he switches to hosted applications.
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Verizon Voyager: iPhone Killer?
October 3, 2007
With all the hoopla surrounding the iPhone it is not surprising that Verizon Wireless is touting a suite of new phones and one – the LG Electronics Voyager is being touted as an iPhone killer. The device runs on the faster Verizon Wireless data network (Probably EVDO Rev. A) and has a keyboard. These are the two Achilles heels of the current iPhone. The device is similar to Apple’s phone in that it has a touch screen and web browser built-in.So will this device be an iPhone killer? No, probably not. But still, this phone could be a look at a solid competitor to the iPhone and if it is successful it may convince Apple to come out with a device that has a keyboard as well.
Read more on MSNBC.
What’s your opinion? Be sure to comment below.
Update: I just saw the PC Magazine review of the phone and was both happy and sad that Verizon has a better and worse device than the iPhone. As with all technology, it is all about the tradeoffs you are willing to endure.
Update: I just saw the PC Magazine review of the phone and was both happy and sad that Verizon has a better and worse device than the iPhone. As with all technology, it is all about the tradeoffs you are willing to endure.
The author owns shares in Apple and surprisingly has no iPhone. In addition he uses Verizon Wireless for laptop broadband connectivity and phone service via the XV6700 phone.
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